IATA Releases 2017 Airline Safety Performance
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for the 2017 safety performance of the commercial airline industry showing continued strong improvements in safety. The all accident rate (measured in accidents per 1 million flights) was 1.08, an improvement over the all accident rate of 1.68 in 2016 and the rate of 2.01 for the […]
GAT Airline Ground Support and Copa Airlines Begin Partnership in San Francisco
GAT Airline Ground Support is excited to announce a new partnership with Copa Airlines at San Francisco International Airport. On May 1, 2018, the ground support services provider will begin performing unsurpassed ramp, baggage handling and customer service for Copa Airlines extending the airline"™ passenger experience with premium on-time departures from SFO to Central America. […]
Qatar Airways Group first to test electronic baggage tags with IATA
Hamad International Airport (HIA) and Qatar Airways have successfully completed the International Air Transport Association"™s (IATA) electronic bag tag (EBT) readability tests, giving passengers a smoother and seamless travel experience, it was announced. HIA also becomes the first airport in the Middle East and North Africa region ready to accept EBTs. The programme aims to […]
Qatar Airways takes delivery of Airbus’ biggest A350 yet
Airbus delivered its first A350-1000 passenger jet to Qatar Airways on Tuesday at the jetmaker’s headquarters here. The «dash 1000» variant of the A350 is now the largest twin-engine jet Airbus has ever produced. The jet was initially to be delivered late last year, but complications installing the airline’s new Qsuite business class seats forced […]
Miami International becomes a foreign free trade zone
The Miami-Dade Aviation Department (MDAD) has announced it has gained final approval from the U.S. Department of Commerce to designate Miami International Airport"™s entire 3,230-acre land parcel as a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) magnet site. The magnet site designation allows existing or prospective airport tenants to operate manufacturing, warehousing and/or distribution centres on airport property, […]
New, smaller airlines making push to compete in era of consolidation
The four biggest U.S. airlines and their regional partners control about 80% of air travel in the U.S. But is there room in the skies for new competition? Over the past several years, airline mergers have left about 1,000 routes without service, most of them between smaller U.S. cities, according to an analysis by the […]
Global airline share prices up 2.9% in January, says IATA
Global airline share prices rose by 2.9% in January, with increases in Europe and Asia offsetting a modest decline in North America, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) January 2018 Airlines Financial Monitor. In the report yesterday, IATA said the airline index has fallen broadly in line with the global equity market during […]
Denver International Airport Again Sets All-Time Record for Passenger Traffic With 61.4 Million Travelers in 2017
Denver International Airport (DEN) announced that nearly 61.4 million passengers passed through the airport in 2017 "“ a year that saw multiple, historic firsts for DEN"™s growth. A total of 61,379,396 passengers traveled though DEN in 2017, an increase of 5.3 percent over the previous record of 58,266,515 passengers in 2016. December 2017 also was […]
A4A Urges Lawmakers to Reject Unnecessary Tax Hikes on Airline Customers
-Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, today urged Congress to reject increases to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) security fees just as the administration rejected an unwarranted increase in the passenger facility charge (PFC), a move A4A strongly applauds. That said, Congress should […]
Airlines complain about Mexico passenger arrival fee increase
Aviation industry groups are pressing Mexico"™s government to reverse a January fee increase for international passengers arriving in Mexico City, claiming it is hurting the airlines and the country"™s economic competitiveness. The fee was raised 25 percent to $51.12 per passenger this year to help finance a $2 billion bond for the construction of a […]
